My book, "Go For the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life" by Mia Hamm, is the story of how the famous American women's soccer player, Mia Hamm, became the incredible soccer player and immaculate role model to girls all over the world. The quote, "We live for situations that challenge us, because to the woman, we want to drive ourselves to the limit and beyond," was said in the very beginning of the book. This quote immediately grasped my attention because of the fact that it embodies the whole essence of this book. So far, it is evident how not too long ago, females had rarely any woman athletes to look up to. However, Mia Hamm sought to challenge this situation, by striving to be the best she could at the game of soccer, and simultaneously encourage females that our gender does not matter. As long as we put our mind to it, we can achieve all goals we set for ourselves, and go beyond those. It foreshadows how Mia Hamm knew it was not going to be easy to be on top. There are more than four billion women in the world, and to 'shine bright like a diamond,' Hamm had to go beyond the goals she set for herself, and go out of her way to achieve them. She began at an early stage, and developed a sense of urgency to defy all those who opposed her, and prove them that no ones opinions, but her selves mattered.